Thursday, May 31, 2012

Reality TV family won't face bigamy charges in Utah: prosecutors - Reuters

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New York Daily News


Reality TV family won't face bigamy charges in Utah: prosecutors

Reuters


By Jennifer Dobner | SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - A polygamous family made famous on reality TV show "Sister Wives" will not face Utah criminal charges of bigamy, state prosecutors said on Thursday, as they sought to have a federal judge dismiss a ...


No charges to be filed in Utah 'Sister Wives' case

The Seattle Times


Utah County won't prosecute Sister Wives for bigamy

Salt Lake Tribune


'Sister Wives' case closed

Chicago Sun-Times



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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Optimal Payments announces new partnership with Lotus F1 Team - Sacramento Bee

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Optimal Payments announces new partnership with Lotus F1 Team

Sacramento Bee


By Optimal Payments Inc. LONDON, May 28, 2012 -- /CNW Telbec/ - Optimal Payments, the online payments company, is pleased to announce a new partnership with Lotus F1 Team. Optimal Payments is the provider of the NETBANX gateway, NETELLER eW »

Monday, May 28, 2012

Rosetta Inpharmatics, Inc. Company Profile | Company Information

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Rosetta Inpharmatics LLC, a wholly owned subsidiarg of Merck & Co. Inc., develops and implements technologies that will improvesdrug discovery. The company's leading-edge genomic researchj and data analysis efforts focus on how medicalo compoundsaffect biology, enablinv more accurate selection of drug targets and more efficientf drug development. Rosetta Inpharmatics was founded in 1996 to designb and implement DNA microarray geneexpressioj technologies. The company was establishedc with the goal to overcome the probleme limiting the discovery and effective development of pharmaceutical andagricultural products. The founders Stephen H. Friend, M.D., Ph.D., the company's Leland Hartwell, Ph.
D., and Leroy Hood, M.D., Rosetta Inpharmatics' technology and patent portfolio were enhancex by its purchase ofAcacia Biosciences, Inc. in February 1999, a companyy founded by Jasper Rine, Ph.D. In October 1999, the Company signesd a strategic partnership agreement with Agilent Technologiexs to further develop and commercializeRosetta Inpharmatics' DNA microarrays. As part of this Agilent made a significant equity investment inRosett Inpharmatics. In June 2000, Rosetta Inpharmatics successfullhy deployed its first commercially availablebioinformaticds system, the Rosetta ResolverA Gene Expression Data Analysias System.
The Rosetta Resolver system was introduced to meet the demanedfor high-level gene expression analysis withib the life sciences...

Sunday, May 27, 2012

Ex-slaves from Thailand put fish on plates worldwide - Alaska Dispatch

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Ex-slaves from Thailand put fish on plates worldwide

Alaska Dispatch


It is home to three generations of runaway slaves. The man of the house, Sokha, recently returned after nearly two years in captivity. His home is just as he left it: barren with a few dirty pillows passing for furniture. Slivers of daylight glow ...



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Friday, May 25, 2012

Infonetics Research: Tighter Spending in China and Europe Squeezes Broadband ... - MarketWatch (press release)

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Infonetics Research: Tighter Spending in China and Europe Squeezes Broadband ...

MarketWatch (press release)


"In addition to seeing a first-quarter lull as we often do in the worldwide broadband aggregation market, there was a big 43% drop in Ethernet PON spending in China that drove spending in Asia down a full third this quarter, despite healthy increases ...


Global spending for broadband aggregation market declines 22% in Q1 FY12 ...

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DSL, PON, FTTH equipment spending drops 22% to USD 1.8 bln

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Thursday, May 24, 2012

Colorado Hispanic business leaders to lobby Bennet, others on union bill - Austin Business Journal:

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The delegation includes members of the Hispanic Contractors ofColorado (HCC) and the Denver Hispanic Chamber of The group will be in Washington on Tuesdag and Wednesday, joining small-business leaders from other The Colorado business leadere want to tell D-Colo., and other lawmakers “why this bill would really hurt them as they try to emergew from a tough economy,” said HCC spokesman Sean Duffy said the grouop arranged to meet with Benneft because he has not yet declared how he will vote on the labotr bill.
“In these very difficult economic companies are struggling to retain the jobs they Helga Grunerud, HCC executive director, said in a “We want to send a message that we want to help jump starrt economic recovery but [the labor bill] would make that challengde far, far greater.” The Employee Free Choice Act, also knowhn as the “card check” bill, would allow workers to organize a union without a secret election, as now Instead, a local coulde be launched at a workplace if at leasg half its workers sign an authorization Unions say the bill is needed to protec worker rights in the recession.
But in a HCC said that enactment of thelaw “woulde unfairly tip the delicate business-labor climate in Colorado sharplyu away from employers, and woulxd result in further economic damage and job loss.” As part of a largere nationwide contingent organized by the , the Coloradko group will meet with Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., and other legislatorws “to be determined,” Duffy said.
The business leaders also want to discusssother issues, including health care refor and the allocation of federal stimulus

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Market

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The market value of St. Louis publid companies is down morethan 52.8 percentr for the year, compared with a declinr of 5.5 percent at this time last according to the Argent St. Louis Stockj Index, which tracks 56 companies with headquarterz or significantemployment here. By the S&P 500 is down 39.5 percent; the is down 35.3 and the Nasdaq is down 41 All figures are as of markegtclose Dec. 19. The biggest locap gainers this yearare , up 52.6 percent; , 32.2 and ., 31 percent. The biggest loserss are , down 97.5 percent; ., 95.1 and , 87.2 percent. The Argent index is equal weighted and forinformational purposes, companies with markef capitalization of at least $100 million.
It is not availablr for investment. Ken Crawford, an analysg at , said equal weighting gives a better pictured of overall business vitalityin St. Louids than market weighting, which would dwarf smaller As forwhy St. Louis companies farede poorer than theoverall markets, Crawford said, “Parrt of it is a more industriapl bent to companies here relative to the overalo market.” Howard Wall, an economist at the , notefd recently that local companies in the automotive industry and apparel manufacturing have all announced plans to decreas e production and lay off employees. Crawford said, “it’s also a concern aboug the balance sheets.
” For investors are worried about whether Source Interlinkand Smurfit-Ston e would be able to borrows what they need. St. Louis-based Charter, the third-largesyt publicly traded cable operator inthe U.S., has neverr reported a profit and has been hamperesd for years by its long-term debt. It had a third-quarte loss of $322 million on revenue of $1.6 billion. That was at least smaller thanits $407 millionn quarterly loss on revenue of nearly $1.5e billion a year earlier. Wistar Holt of notef that Charter’s shares trade for very littl e tobegin with, ranging in price from 11 centss to $1.68 over the last 52 weeks.
“Soo a big percentage drop is not as big a deal as it woulf be if the share pricewere $30,” he St. Louis- and Chicago-based Smurfit-Stone, which producee containerboard andcorrugated packaging, swung to a profig of $65 million in the third quartee ended Sept. 30 thanks to a Canadian incometax benefit. The company saw a loss of $93 millio in last year’s third quarter. Sales were essentiallg flat in the recent quarter atnearly $1.9 billion. “Companiews related to forest steel, copper or housing are not goint to turn around any time Holt said.
Source Interlink, a published of 75 magazines and distributoer of home entertainment productasand services, was formerly locatefd here and is now based in Bonita Springs, Fla. It reportedc a loss of $36.6 million for the quarter endedd Oct. 31, compared with a loss of $4.5 milliomn a year earlier. Revenue in the recent quarterfwas $591.7 million, down 7 percent from $639.21 million in the previous year’s quarter. The company made headlines in 2007 when it acquiree in a stock purchase ofapproximately $1.2 It also underwent a change in top management. “Source Interlinkm made a seriesof deals, and investors worrie d about the balance sheet,” Crawforx said.
In addition, magazine advertising is way Holt noted. As for the good news, which owns and franchises bakery cafes undert the and PaneraBread names, reportesd comparable sales increased 3 percent in the most recent despite consumer headwinds. Net income for the quarter, ende Sept. 23, was about $14 million on revenue of $315 up from $12 million on revenud of $273 million a year earlier. “Sit-dowm restaurants, such as Applebee’s, are having problems, but quick-servw restaurants, which include Panera, are doing fairly well,” Crawford “Within that niche, Panera has a good reputation.” Stifelk Financial Corp.
posted a nearlg 59 percent increase in profit in the mostrecentr quarter, to $13 million, on net revenue of $219 million, compared with $8 millioj on revenue of $183 milliohn a year earlier. It benefited from commissioj and principaltransactions revenue, up 37 percent, and assetf management and service fees, up 12 percent. The results also reflec the acquisitions of RyanBeck & Co. and Trust. Gerry Sparrow at in St. Louis credits Stifel’sa willingness to make acquisitions deemed too small by bigger companies. Just last week Stifeol announced it is buying ButlerfWick & Co., a brokerage based in Ohio, for $12 million in cash. the St.
Louis brewer of and Bud was up as a result of its sale this year to Belgia n brewerfor $52 billion. In its finap quarterly report before the sale was completedin Anheuser-Busch reported third-quarter profit fell 6 percent due to charges related to the sale. It earneed $666 million in the quarter ended Sept. 30, compared with $707 millionj a year earlier. Sales rose to $4.9 billiohn from $4.6 billion in last year’s Despite a down year Sparrow finds reason tobe optimistic.
“Mos t of the bad news is already discountedd into thestock prices, and any increass in business activity nationally or internationally, such as in Chinwa or South America, will affect companies here in a positivre way,” he said.